Kneel to the Rising Sun is a collection of short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by Erskine Caldwell

Erskine Caldwell

Erskine Preston Caldwell was an American author. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native South like the novels Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre won him critical acclaim, but they also made him controversial among fellow Southerners of the time who felt he was...

 first published in 1935. The seventeen stories, only a few pages each, all deal with various tragedies

Tragedy

Tragedy is a form of art based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. While most cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, tragedy refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of...

 occurring in the early twentieth century American South, chiefly caused by poverty

Poverty

Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...

 or racism

Racism

Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...

. Caldwell is most well known for his novels, such as Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road (novel)

Tobacco Road is a 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell about Georgia sharecroppers. It was dramatized for Broadway by Jack Kirkland in 1933, and ran for a then-astounding eight years . A 1941 film version, deliberately played mainly for laughs, was directed by John Ford, and the storyline was...

, however Kneel to the Rising Sun is held in high acclaim by his critics.

Stories

• "Candy-Man Beechum"
• "The Walnut Hunt"
• "Horse Thief"
• "The Man Who Looked Like Himself"
• "Maud Island"
• "The Shooting"
• "Honeymoon"
• 'Martha Jean"
• "A Day's Wooing"
• "The Cold Winter"
• "The Girl Ellen"
• "The Growing Season"
• 'Daughter"
• 'Blue Boy"
• "Slow Death"
• "Masses of Men"
• "Kneel to the Rising Sun"